The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-14
.SPO0KS AND THINGS.
\ ALLEGED SPIRIT CIRCLE
With which tho Doys are having great Sport
now over In Mnncheater--an Intcliisen.
Ger Reporter Spotted Ms a Medium-A \
Fanny senuus last Evening.

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Ger Reporter Spotted MS a Medium-A
Fanny ssnncc last Evening.
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n, a co,s,1o,,b,s ,o,,,h II ,,mo tho,o
" ..nV'N ~. .enh'u " NY '1o.s
mas peeh Yak Aoous toWn Oh TUG aoinRe ot
q "spirltualissic circle" composed Of an
Indefinite number OF mediums and ''be.
,,avara y VII, rsra,,v MAJ. IN a ,,,yate
N.,ss - nj, -,
iealoence over III niaachessei. Inc meet
inss have been rather quietly conducted,
though apparently freq to tho public, An
t,rr,,,nrxcrp ,an,,tsr ba. had /, i,;ord
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""Hnins tne PioS'esa Vi tnu aeauces luz
several weeka, and recently this friend
informed him that last night would DO a
,ooa niobt n a,,erd From .be re,o,,s
k.ou As"' - "' .,. ~. suo 'oe wv,
sl'eh Wy eyo Witnesses VI Wv laee''hss
tho reporter though! he would be Inter-
esled BY the proceedings. and learning
thot M i,,,.c,;on ,y,, rnces,,,, ho o,'
A'"' = " o ',oN''s"" 1'o ON
nfsced an ouef Oh his ifiena VINO mad &c.
cured the en!ree to net CO guido, and was
present at tho gathering OF the "ci,cle''
last night. 80 G...rE-.Ia 4.
THE HOME or THE srooKs.
The house In which the circle meets ia
by night en- eerie place. It Ia located
pretty well up on tho hill east of Raw.
naun's brewery, and from what VIVA
yisibls OF It last nlght, must opcs have
been a noble mansion, It Ia Tido. old.
fashioned house, with lawn clipping
oteeply down to the roadway. An old
ornamental iron ferce, rusted and broken.
runs along high stone wall next this
road, for We!Zel street at this point Is no
moro than country road, In the middle
OF this wall 10 broad, stately stairway OF
stone leading to massive gate now 10
ruins, and In tho grounds gentls flight
Of stops leads up 10 tho hoepitable old
/ doorway.
| Last night the reporters guido led the
way to broad terrace partly up this stair.
way and thence by circuitous route to
tho rear OF tho house, where from broad
porch wide door Cpens into low coiled
large room, tho windows, floors and the
wooden, benches along the walls harmon.
izing and keeping up tho impression tina,
one was stepping into the dead past when
no entered thst room, N
THE "crrc1rn
rho,o ,rovo o,ho. .,,I.,.- ,;.. ,..
ne doo Te, n, otnI1 .a,nsa |n.en Aept up
.n oi uan paos uus'ne I eu' lne Lepor.
~. v .has" "eie gnu ~ w ap!e 10
,Jiset tnese, ahu !! ID nos no essafy 70 re-
MSs .ne ieeo':eet,oI. ue e1olaceo IN
ehiiy oppVt.unt'! " Dig on the eno OF
,;ssii,, NV 10y ~ ~ !. Hsaasoa W pht,
nerves, T10 80
In the room. beside the reporter and his
guide. were thee o. four yonnv mon. one
Of them ecarcely more than a how a vsrv
pretty girl Of seyenteen or 80 with very
Wits teeth and a very isuntv air. mn.
other pirl who seemed also 10 he .ttrac.
Tive, but sat in shaded mart of the room
lao that the reporter was not sure ahout il.
and two old ladies'. one tcll. raw boned
land muscular looking, with hair not vet
prsy combed close down on her temnan
land tho other euailer with kaoner fea.
ltuYes. The larrer one waa introdnced as
Mrs. Walker, the hostess and n NOW.
lerful ieveloner nj modinme The atbe,
was aftervards freorentlv addreu,od au
Mrs. Mckee. Soon there was A ioo.sten
on the porch and Mira, Wslker. after q
lcarefnl scrn,inv nv tina light NJ a keyosono
|lamp. admitted two other yonnv man
Later n delevation of>f,va annl;eJ for I'D.
mission. mo old lsav WAS diSnossd to ra,
fnse. but tho yenortor onerNntesd ths,
they wonld behave. and thnv ware mar.
mitted to enter This filIed tho chairs
and benches pretty we'll. G-'= ~
"r.,su
I $780, A., ,,or, -.
Al an n" i an;o nem.com n xhs prom.
nGns NM oa man a h,; Two or tates
g m T th kuo"h IN business circles
neancps, After thev wars saatsd Ms
Walker explained that the mediums
whom she expscted to bs present last
night had no: yet arrived, and she feared
they had gotten under ayil control. One
OF them, named Jerome, che described ss
a "speskins" medium. The other, Miss
Clara Holmes, was trance medium.
Then Mrs. Walker, to while away the
time, talked about her life, and her auto.
biography, told in homcly, plain way,
wss far from embarrassing.
She said ahe was tho daughter OF alsve
oveyeesr in Fauguier county, Virginia,
and grew up without any educational ad.
yantages,
THE owners Of the plsntstions," said
she, "sent their children of to school in
the citiea, and We poor whito children
had no chance for schoolin'. We grew up
with the niggers Ike bad Weeds"
While she talked there was general
silence in tho room, and suddenlv a rns.
tie and then a rat.tat-tst broke the still.
meas, "That's no. apirits," said she, in
response 10 9 Sudden eager stort on the
psr. OF some of the company. I'VE have
rats that's rats
WIN coxvrns,o,
4 a., oN AAs'oS' gs. :.
S1e went on that when bha WA wnll